Children with autism often struggle with "wh" questions like Who, What, Where, and Why. My son struggles with all of these, but I think his not being able to understand "why" is the most frustrating for both of us. There are books out there designed to teach children with autism to answer "wh" questions. My son's speech therapist uses the Buddy Bear books from Lingui Systems. They are kind of expensive so I decided to make my own versions of them.
My son's nick name is Monkey so the main character is a monkey and since it was written for him it addresses come common occurrences in our house, but it should still be of some use for others. The book addresses three "why" scenarios: "Why" Monkey wants an object, "Why" Monkey is wearing an item, and "Why" Monkey has a particular thing.
This is an interactive book. On the last two pages are images for you to cut out. You are to have the child apply the appropriate image to the story as you read it. I recommend laminating the story pages and cut outs and using velcro dots to attach the pieces to the story.
Printable Why Question Book for Children with Autism PDF
If you need this in another format let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Edited: WHOOPS! Wrong link! It's fixed now.
EDITED AGAIN: I have a cleaner (better graphics) copy of this if you need it. Just contact me.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Printable Why Question Book for Children with Autism
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8 comments:
Jamie,
I forgot to tell you that we downloaded your book, my son loved it! He is a big fan of the Buddy series and instantly adapted to your version. He also has read in the past a book called, no monkey no. But love your version, although my laminating machine is down! Ugh. So, keep it up, great work, and I will post these on my creative spectrum site, shortly. Thanks again!
Thanks!! This time I cheated. I used top loading medium weight sheet protectors and a binder instead of laminating. It was cheaper. I only laminated the cutouts. We used double stick tape to affix, which is working really really well (I was very suprised!!) I've never heard of No Monkey No... I'll have to check it out.
Nice printables. My son went off to school today on the bus for the first time. Trying to find materials to help with that. Took pics this AM of the house and the bus and him in his seat.
He uses the go talk 9+. Feel free to join my yahoo group and let others know about your blog - MakingPECSCards.
Hi Jamie,
I am a WAHM doing both daycare (1-4yrs) & school-age. I think your book is an awesome tool for toddler's - pre-schoolers & have downloaded it. I'm always looking for creative ways to 'teach' children without making it boring.
Thanks for your creativity
This book is so cute! I can't wait to use it with my 7yr old son. He has no autism dx but he's pretty "autisti-like" with language delays, etc. Thanks so much.
I am a teacher of children diagnosed with ASD and will use this book in my classroom. Love it! I think I will put flaps over the answers to promote independence in problem solving and WHY thinking!
thank u so much for providing a free version :)
Jamie--
I am trying to download your "why, monkey, why" printable, but it says the file is no longer there??
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